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First I'd like to thank you for following my WIP , it's quite appreciated ! Here another space related project I been working on , its the COLLECT-AIR BOEING X-20 DYNASOAR ! (JUL 23th) today ,I complete the detailling of the back section ! If you like to view the complete WIP , just follow this Google link to my personal page: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Rjsjms9BhTrbnhYDA If you like to view the other space related project I have done so far , just follow this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ov2R8HFSA26iDpms5 Enjoy ! Jmarc

First I'd like to thank you for following this post ,it's quite appreciated ! BOEING INCITUS MQ-27 / CU-169 SCAN EAGLE 1/48 ( 3dPRINTED +ADDITIONS) (JUL 23th ) Today I continue adding the last details ! If you like to view the complete WIP on this project , just follow this Google link : https://photos.app.goo.gl/jrWyBiNZSJHCUknZ9 If you like to view all the DRONES I have done so far in 1/48 , just follow this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/mjGm69hDKYaDuFNX6 Enjoy ! Jmarc

First I'd like to thank you for following this post , it's quite appreciated ! 1/48 LOCKHEED T-33 SILVER STAR (TESTOR) (JUL 23th ) Today I continue working on the last details to place in the fuselage ! If you like to follow the complete WIP on this project , I have set up an GOOGLE page, just follow this link .. https://photos.app.goo.gl/mCtpo97pwYCFaYE39 If you like to view the complete STASH PARTS done so far ,just followthis GOOGLE link .. https://photos.app.goo.gl/NtNSgh1zJgx9jRSx5 Enjoy ! Jmarc

I decided to build a base for my Hellcat. I used .03 sheet styrene and scribed it, painted it, and then added a brown wash over it. After that I very lightly rubbed the whole thing with a very fine sanding pad to give it a more worn look and some "scuff". I then used dry transfer (rub on) "black dash" decals to simulate the carrier deck drain holes on a couple of the planks and finished it off with an overall flat coat. I set the base into a refinished picture frame I had used as another base for many years. The Hellcat as it will be displayed now that the kitty has a new home! Gil

First I'd like to thank you for following this post ,it's quite appreciated ! Time to complete another WHIPPET CANADAIR CL-327 ( 3d PRINTED) (JUL 22th ) Today ,I located an ring for the inner circle ! If you like to view the complete WIP on this project , just follow this Google link : https://photos.app.goo.gl/3QPU8Ntb4dt57CuH6 If you like to view all the DRONES I have done so far in 1/48 , just follow this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/mjGm69hDKYaDuFNX6 Enjoy ! Jmarc

First I'd like to thank you for following my WIP , it's quite appreciated ! Here another space related project I been working on , its the COLLECT-AIR BOEING X-20 DYNASOAR ! (JUL 22th) today ,I I continue adding details to the back section ! If you like to view the complete WIP , just follow this Google link to my personal page: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Rjsjms9BhTrbnhYDA If you like to view the other space related project I have done so far , just follow this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ov2R8HFSA26iDpms5 Enjoy ! Jmarc

Thanks for following this WIP and hope it meet your expectation , it's quite appreciated ! M.101 HOWITHZER (REVELL) X 2 (JUL 22th) Today I completed the basic work on the lifting mechanism and glued one of the side for inlinement ! If you like to view the complete WIP on this project , just follow this GOOGLE link : https://photos.app.goo.gl/j9zACnyqSE92mr8AA Enjoy !.. Jmarc

First I'd like to thank you for following this post ,it's quite appreciated ! BOEING INCITUS MQ-27 / CU-169 SCAN EAGLE 1/48 ( 3dPRINTED +ADDITIONS) (JUL 22th ) Today I continue adding the last details ! If you like to view the complete WIP on this project , just follow this Google link : https://photos.app.goo.gl/jrWyBiNZSJHCUknZ9 If you like to view all the DRONES I have done so far in 1/48 , just follow this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/mjGm69hDKYaDuFNX6 Enjoy ! Jmarc

First I'd like to thank you for following this post , it's quite appreciated ! 1/48 LOCKHEED T-33 SILVER STAR (TESTOR) (JUL 22th ) Today I reapir the latest traveling misapp and add the tires in the tail section ! If you like to follow the complete WIP on this project , I have set up an GOOGLE page, just follow this link .. https://photos.app.goo.gl/mCtpo97pwYCFaYE39 If you like to view the complete STASH PARTS done so far ,just followthis GOOGLE link .. https://photos.app.goo.gl/NtNSgh1zJgx9jRSx5 Enjoy ! Jmarc

July 20th, 2026 Eboard & Staff Quarterly Meeting Call to Order The meeting was called to order on July 20th, 2026 at 7:00pm EST by John Noack. Staff Updates and Reports EA – Updating the Gallery and Forum sections of the website soon. Main website migration is setup but should wait until after the National Convention. Review and National Convention sites need to update by the end of the year. Eboard Roundtable/Action Item Updates ETR – Currently have 7 photographers for contest photography, expecting a smooth process. Everything is going smoothly on the social media front, has made preparations for the increase in traffic due to the National Convention. PP – Head judges are contacting their teams already. Agenda made for NCC meeting. Has people looking at revising the “What Judges Look For” document to make it more readable. CB – Journal is going out this week to the printers. National Convention issue has been printed and is ready to go. Still looking for an Ad Manager. Added a designer and an editor to the journal staff in the last two weeks. DM – Reviewer corps dinner and manufacturers dinner is setup and ready. 20 reviews posted in the last month. There will be a table setup in Tiger Meet for the reviewer corps to display the models they built. Discussion was had on the need of updating the forum as opposed to ending the forums. Vote was held on ending the forums and passed unanimously. DL – Menu set for the Chapter Social which has been finalized. Awards have been completed and are ready. Still have seven lapsed chapters, two are not renewing and a deadline of July 31st was given to complete renewal. A colored brochure is in the works for chapters to use to promote IPMS/USA. Also working on an updated submission process for awards. MO – Financially the society continues to do well and things are going as expected. Income is slightly lower but expenses are also lower. JT – Has been working on the slideshow for the Annual Business Meeting, still waiting on slides from a few people. Once they have been received, will put it all together and send to ETR for formatting. Will have name placards made for the meeting. SH – Convention journals have been delivered to Fort Wayne already. Bags and name tags have been completed. Couldn’t get TV’s to display slideshow in lobby so will have a happy hour followed by the award show in the theater. Writing scripts for both the Juniors and Regular awards shows. A question was asked by a member registering for the National Convention regarding the ability to conceal carry a weapon at the convention. It was agreed that they could conceal carry as it was in accordance with Indiana Law and the rules of the Convention Center. The only open question was concerning the insurance for the event which turned out to be a non-issue. JN – Would like every member of the board to plan to spend time at the registration table helping Nancy and Mike. Had appointed a Constitution and Bylaws review committee which reported their current progress. Wants to put together a position description for an IT Leader position, will be requesting input from board members. Recently participated in a podcast alongside other IPMS organization leaders. Nothing Further the meeting was adjourned at 8:06pm EST. The next meeting is scheduled for August 8th, 2026 at 10:00am EST at the National Convention. View the full article

I was reviewing my models on the My Registrations list. I noticed that most of them are listed as registered. One entry is listed as checked in. What is the difference?

!930’s era Gangsters had a certain fascination to many people. I’m sure most people has seen the movie Bonny and Clyde. The figures in this set of three brings us back to that time period without having to rob banks, get into firefights with law enforcement, the risk of prison or worse!! The Kit: 24054 View the full review

From DXM Hobby’s Decal Manufacturer’s NotesThese decal sheets provide some very colorful markings for four of the U.S. Navy’s EA-18G Prowler squadrons. These include (a) VAQ-138 Yellowjackets CAG Bird 2024, (a) VAQ-138 Yellowjackets CAG Bird 2024, (b) VAQ-139 Cougars CAG Bird 2023, (c) VAQ-140 Patriots CAG Bird 2024, and (d) VAQ-131 Lancers CAG Bird 2024. This 1/48th scale sheet is intended for use with either the Hasegawa, Meng, or Italeri kits. View the full review

I’ve been working on a few rebuilds/overhauls since my last update here, this one being the most recent, my old Tamiya M5A1. I originally build this back in the mid 80’s in my barracks room and painted it with Humbrol enamels. a couple of years ago I decided to overhaul it and have been plugging away at it here and there… first I removed the old decals then added some Evergreen angle stock and more resin sandbags to the glacis… Then later I decided to add more sandbags to the front and open the second turret hatch In this past spring, since I was airbrushing some OD No.9 at the time I gave it a nice base coat of that color and that is how it has sat for a few months until last week. Since I had my airbrush out the other day, I decided to do the black camo bands on my M5 overhaul the next day was another paint session I went and painted the sandbags on the frontal area Next up I need to add the gloss coat for the decals and in preparation for weathering…

Thanks for not only the detailed answers, but also the impressive response time! That's a real confidence booster for the show. See y'all in a couple of weeks! Gil

Coming to Fort Wayne, Indiana for Nats? We're two and a half weeks away! If you are bringing a model to the contest, please pack it carefully and register it in advance using the model registration system. The seminar times are set, so it's time to check out what you might want to learn. And as we all start to pack our bags for Fort Wayne, just remember to leave space for all our fantastic vendors. For all details, visit: https://nats2026.ipmsusa.org/

You beat me to the punch, Bill. Many thanks!

Rato, Wow! You're a traveler who enjoys taking the scenic route, yes? The short answer is to use your computer to search for hobby shops in each city. Each of the places you name are very large so, including the suburbs, they'll have many stores to visit. I hope your phone is equipped with a GPS app to track them down. But of course, if you absolutely can't find any hobby shops - don't worry! Your destination will include the USA's largest hobby store for a couple days. Several of our vendors have been posting about themselves on our Facebook page. You might save some driving by checking them out: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ipmsusanationals/. See you in Fort Wayne!

Having a few collections to complete I decided that Childs from the 1982 movie The Thing was desk on the table. He is part of the Childs/McReady controversy in that who was the Thing at the end... The kit came in 7 parts - the bust, base, gloved hand, whiskey bottle, and 3 appendages. The likeness is spot on and the casting as usual with Gillman is nearly flawless. With this piece, the Yagher, the sculptor, gives away two of his ideas of how things ended. Number one the base is created to look like a generator, which answers McReady's question :How's the generator," and Garry answers "It's gone, MacReady!" As a sidebar Garry was his last name. On the character list he was M.T. Garry. The Yagher also gives his opinion of whether Childs or McReady, neither or both were infected. From the front Child's portrait is spot on. But from the back you see his head is split open and all sort's of gooey things are emerging. As usual I start with the portrait. I don't get to do dark skin all that much so I was glad I picked up a number of Army Painter skin double triads (6 colors that all blend) . I started withe the darkest one, and then I really didn't like many of the companion colors as they seemed too desaturated. I had seen another painter use oranges to highlight the skin, so I turned to my set of rust paints. A few different layers and I was liking what I had so far. Turning to the back of the head I added various reds and oranges to make the wound. My thoughts on wounds and blood is that a little goes a long way. I went too far, so I got some Agrax Earthshade to darken down the crevices and ended my session there. Coming back to it the next day to see disaster struck. I had angled the bust face down at an angle so the wash would dry in all the recesses. What it did was to rundown the head and then gravity would take it around to the bottom which from that angle was the face. I now had this dark stripe running across the face and down to the chin where it dried. I tried lightly getting it off. It didn't really work that well. So I got out the paints and had Take 2 of doing the portrait. After getting it fixed, I sprayed it with a matte clear to protect the new paint (which I didn't do the first time). Tragedy struck again as the matte clear coat instantly frosted. I had heard that if you quickly spray it with a gloss, the frost goes away. The frost did go away - mostly. Disgusted, I chose to walk away rather than whip it off the wall. With everything that happened I was so disgusted that I forgot to take WIP pics, so all I have left is the finale shots. Thanks for looking.

Reskit has issued a 3D printed cockpit for ICM’s 1/35th scale CH-54A or S-64E Tarhe. There are versions of this from Reskit primarily with and without 3D printed instruments like the ones I reviewed last in my Reskit F-111E review. This set does not include the printed instrument panels but does includes more than 30 3D printed parts. Also included are acetates for the instrument panels, decals and small printed sheet for magazines that can be added. These are all packaged in a well-padded box containing the parts and their supports and boxes. View the full review

Hi Gil, Love your enthusiasm to help :). Thanks for your feedback. simple answer. before papers for model registration are put on the table, attendees will be checking-in at model registration (where we scan the code and we are also checking for registration check-in) Since our team is at that checkpoint and we are also training the check-in team over meetings this week and next (Volunteers), I can tell you yours are ok and good to go. Happy to add you to the training call Thursday. To alleviate your concern for Keith's number, Ive email sent (and ccd you for reference to help alleviate the concern (Keith had a little more models to print) RE: his problem is even further compounded IF Keith and I aren't the only ones with duplicate registration numbers. (I have a nice table view to see all the entries, happy to walk you through it w/ a Teams /Zoom call we can have Nancy set us up with. It shows all of the contestants, registration numbers and sub-models. thanks for for the continued feedback Gil. Looking forward to seeing you there! Regards Mark

Thanks for following the WIP on this project , it's quite appreciated !, here the latest update AVRO C.102 JETLINER (3D +SCRATCH) (JUL 20th ) Today , I continue ingraving the front section and finally and the work on the airframe intake ! If you like to view the complete WIP on this project , just follow this Google link : https://photos.app.goo.gl/uvk6ymGqZHgpWDaR9 If you like to view what I have completed so far on the AVRO CANADA project , I have set up an GOOGLE page for them , here the link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/FpZs5m3ic3c3eL329 Enjoy and it's an 'rendez-vous' next week for more on this particular project..!. Jmarc

Ok...... I understand the reasoning to use the registration numbers assigned to us for the show, and that our IPMS# is NOT a part of our model registration process. I also get that YOU and your team seem to have straight in your mind and (evidently) within your computer data bases everything that's going on, so that to you it seems there is no identification problem. BUT..... I have 4 printed model entry papers that will be under my models in the room with the #1237-(1/2/3/4). Since no one has mentioned asking either Keith Redman OR myself to redo out paperwork, HE will have at least 1 of his models in the room WITH THE SAME ENTRY #1237. Our models will not likely be in the same class, let alone category; so I also understand that there's not much likelihood for the judges to get confused with duplicate numbers. I guess I'm not following how you will differentiate within the records when searching for #1237 if needed, since you'll have at least 2 identical entries (1237-1) for two different contestants and models. Also, it COULD cause problems for the photographers who will be seeking the models needed to be photographed using a paper with just a category#, description of its type, and that registration# and who might not be very familiar with the subjects they're taking pics of. This problem is even further compounded IF Keith and I aren't the only ones with duplicate registration numbers. I'm glad to hear that y'all seem to have a handle internally on identifying models with the same numbers. But how will it be handled IN THE CONTEST ROOM??? Gil

Thank you for following the 'WIP' on this project ,it's quite appreciated ! (JUL 20th)...Today I start working on the armement and presentation base ! f you like to see the complete WIP on this project , just follow this Google link : https://photos.app.goo.gl/1W6Eu6c7EvJeyLGT6 If you are curious and like to view the SCI-FI kits I have done in the past ,just follow this link : https://photos.app.goo.gl/D2FAQcJCoNhHNjkdA Enjoy ! jmarc

First I'd like to thank you for following this WIP it's quite appreciated ! (JUL 20th...Today .I continue adding the missing details on the ceiling of the sub ! If you like to see the complete WIP on this project , just follow this Google link : https://photos.app.goo.gl/EZKenssCafCXix326 If you are curious and like to view the other WWII GERMAN sub I have done in 1/48 , just follow this link : https://photos.app.goo.gl/BcwASAzLsZRq5mQf7 Enjoy ! jmarc